New commisioner: Big East bigger, better

Mike Aresco calls conference 'a proven ratings winner'

11:42 AM,
Jun. 16, 2011

?The reconstituted Big East has great potential,? Mike Aresco said. ?Yes, the Big East will be different in the future, but I?m entirely confident it will be better. I would not have taken this position if I didn?t believe that.?

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New Big East Conference commissioner Mike Aresco said the league "is now bigger and better than ever" during a news conference today in New York.

"The reconstituted Big East has great potential," Aresco said. "Yes, the Big East will be different in the future, but I'm entirely confident it will be better. I would not have taken this position if I didn't believe that."

Aresco, 62, who was named to the position Tuesday, will begin work on Sept. 1, the same day the league begins negotiating with ESPN on a new contract during a 60-day exclusive negotiating window. A new, lucrative television ...